2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup

Sports season 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup 2007 2009 The 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup was the first season for the WEC series. It absorbed the French Formula Renault championship that offers a reward for the best French driver and rookie driver. It also has the Challenger Cup which is for drivers using cars that run with the 2004 aerodynamic kit. Teams and drivers Team No. Car number Driver name Rounds ESP Epsilon Euskadi 1USA Jake RosenzweigAll 2ESP Pablo MontillaAll 3DOM Richard CampolloAll 7ESP Albert CostaAll 8ESP Roberto MerhiAll 62BRA Pedro Bianchini6 FRA SG Formula 4UAE Ramez Azzam1-3, 5–8 5RUS Anton NebylitskiyAll 6FRA Jean-Éric VergneAll 12AUS Daniel RicciardoAll 14ITA Andrea CaldarelliAll 15ESP Miki Monrás6-8 33FRA Tristan Vautier3-8 FRA Pole Services 10FRA Benjamin LaricheAll 11FRA Antony TardieuAll 16FRA Maxime JousseAll POR Araujo Competicao 17POR Gonçalo Araújo1 18POR Hugo Mesquita1 19POR Luís Santos1 BEL Boutsen Energy Racing 20BEL Benjamin Bailly1 21FRA Nathanaël BerthonAll 68NZL Dominic Storey5 FRA TCS Racing 22FRA Julien AbelliAll 34FRA Mathieu Arzeno3-4, 7 45FRA Nicolas Marroc1-4 FRA Team Palmyr 23FRA Didier Colombat1-4, 6–8 24FRA Jean-Michel Ogier1-4, 6–8 25FRA Jean-Marc Menahem1-2, 4, 6, 8 27FRA Max Lefèvre1-4, 6–8 28FRA David Zollinger1-2, 4, 8 50FRA Gérard Tonelli3 FRA Racing Team Trajectoire 26FRA Sylvain Milesi1-3 FRA Epsilon Sport 29FRA Bastien BorgetAll 33FRA Tristan Vautier1-2 34FRA Mathieu Arzeno3-4, 7 35MCO Stéphane Richelmi1-4 51BRA André Negrão7-8 ESP iQuick 30ESP Mikel OtegiAll 31ESP Himar Acosta3 32ESP Marcelo Conchado1ESP Amiter Galuppo Sport3, 7 GBR Hitech Junior Team 36GBR Richard Singleton3, 6–7 37ESP Miki Monrás1-5 38GBR Luciano Bacheta1, 6–7 39COL Juan Jacobo7 40AUS Ashley WalshAll GBR Fortec Motorsports 41GBR Dean Smith6, 8 42GBR Daniel McKenzieAll 43BRA Gabriel Dias1-6 54NED Thomas Hylkema6 58SWE Fredrik Blomstedt6 ESP Rodrive Competicoes 46ESP Pol Rosell3, 5, 8 GBR Manor Motorsport 52GBR Alexander Sims6 56GBR Henry Surtees6NED MP Motorsport 53NED Daniël de Jong6SUI Jenzer Motorsport 77SUI Nico Müller8FRA Lycée D'Artagnan 132FRA Daniel Harout1 327FRA Laurent Lamolinairie1 Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 FRA Circuit Nogaro March 23 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 2 March 24 AUS Daniel Ricciardo ITA Andrea Caldarelli ITA Andrea Caldarelli FRA SG Formula 2 3 FRA Dijon-Prenois May 10 ESP Roberto Merhi AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 4 May 11 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 3 5 ESP Circuit de Valencia June 21 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 6 June 22 AUS Daniel Ricciardo ESP Roberto Merhi FRA Benjamin Lariche FRA Pole Services 4 7 FRA Circuit de la Sarthe September 7 AUS Daniel Ricciardo ESP Roberto Merhi AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 5 8 POR Autódromo do Estoril September 27 ESP Albert Costa AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 9 September 28 AUS Daniel Ricciardo ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Epsilon Euskadi 5 10 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps October 4 ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Epsilon Euskadi 11 October 5 AUS Daniel Ricciardo ESP Roberto Merhi AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 6 12 FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours October 11 ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Epsilon Euskadi 13 October 12 ESP Roberto Merhi ESP Roberto Merhi ITA Andrea Caldarelli FRA SG Formula 7 14 ESP Circuit de Catalunya October 18 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo FRA SG Formula 15 October 19 AUS Daniel Ricciardo AUS Daniel Ricciardo ITA Andrea Caldarelli FRA SG Formula Results and standings +Race point systemPosition1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints1512108654321 1 point is given to every pole position holder. 1 point is also given to the fastest driver in each lap. There are 2 race rounds. The first is between 60 km mi and 80 km mi. The second race is between 20 and 30 minutes. In Round 6 of the Valencia race, Daniel Ricciardo, Andrea Caldarelli and Jean-Éric Vergne were disqualified for technical regulation non-conformity in their SG Formula's rear wings.Le gros lot pour Lariche https://web.archive.org/web/20111004124039/http://www.frwec.com/release.php?langue=fr&champ=38&id=461 2011-10-04 frwec.com (June 22, 2008) Benjamin Lariche, who came in 3rd, was declared the race winner instead. Drivers PosWEC 2.0 Classements https://web.archive.org/web/20090714005819/http://www.frwec.com/points.php?champ=38&langue=fr 2009-07-14 frwec.comWEC 2.0 Resultas https://web.archive.org/web/20090714005750/http://www.frwec.com/classification_list.php?champ=38&langue=fr 2009-07-14 frwec.comDriverFRANOGFRADIJESPVALFRALEMPRTESTBELSPAFRAMAGESPCATPoints1234567891011121314151AUS Daniel Ricciardo15111DSQ1122164121922ESP Roberto Merhi3222243311213331843ITA Andrea Caldarelli21443DSQ8Ret93341211294FRA Jean-Éric VergneRet9554DSQ225443747955ESP Albert Costa8631062Ret17411822Ret5856FRA Tristan Vautier4314711126431055556797RUS Anton Nebylitskiy1086357128212418DNS999418ESP Miki Monrás151111Ret193Ret619591911717309USA Jake Rosenzweig9Ret891214245613108128133010FRA Benjamin Lariche141922RetRet1131481519RetRet24201811DOM Richard CampolloRet410127Ret2115Ret2115DNSRet10121612FRA Bastien Borget628DNS21Ret102216Ret322110612111413FRA Julien AbelliDNS713139115Ret11Ret16131013181414BRA Gabriel Dias2229158862691418DNS1315FRA Mathieu ArzenoRetRet47Ret1216MCO Stéphane Richelmi5101611178171017FRA Antony Tardieu1712126131625Ret1223112015Ret101018FRA Nathanaël Berthon23132114Ret13910107Ret23Ret1415919AUS Ashley Walsh121719152123718717221516Ret25820ESP Himar Acosta165621FRA Maxime Jousse11Ret717221716RetDNSRet1414131921522ARE Ramez Azzam19Ret9Ret1524111620231881519523GBR Daniel McKenzie16152020241820717162017171616424 GBR Richard Singleton109141712Ret425ESP Miguel Otegui7RetRet1818Ret23131525Ret16192522426GBR Luciano Bacheta131431Ret914227FRA Nicolas Marroc18Ret171614Ret10128ESP Pablo Montilla202118192015Ret121319Ret11Ret1114129FRA David Zollinger24162425111823030FRA Jean-Michel Ogier2723272428211429DNS24212328031FRA Max Lefèvre2627262225221527Ret25222029032PRT Gonçalo Araújo2118033FRA Jean-Marc Menahem3124RetRet1828Ret2127034ESP Pol RosellRetDNSRet18DSQ26035FRA Didier Colombat2822252327201930Ret26202230036FRA Sylvain Milesi30Ret23Ret2319037NZL Dominic StoreyRet20038BEL Benjamin Bailly2520039PRT Luís Santos25Ret040ESP Marcello Conchado2925RetRetDNSDNS041PRT Hugo Filipe Mesquita3226042FRA Gérard Tonelli26350 Guest drivers ineligible for pointsCHE Nico MüllerRet4GBR Henry Surtees612GBR Dean Smith8668NLD Daniël de Jong227GBR Alexander Sims9RetSWE Fredrik Blomstedt1213BRA André NegrãoDNSRet1724COL Juan Jacobo2218NLD Thomas Hylkema25RetBRA Pedro BianchiniRetRet Teams PosTeamPoints1FRA SG Formula3202ESP Epsilon Euskadi2683ESP Epsilon Sport464FRA Pole Services285GBR Hitech Junior Team246FRA TCS Racing187GBR Fortec Motorsport178ESP iQuick-Valencia109BEL Boutsen Energy Racing9NCFRA Team Palmyr0NCFRA Racing Team Trajectoire0NCPOR Araújo Competição0NCESP Rodrive Competições0NCGBR Manor Motorsport –NCNED MP Motorsport – French Formula Renault championship PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne 119 2 FRA Tristan Vautier 107 3 FRA Antony Tardieu 63 4 FRA Julien Abelli 59 5 FRA Maxime Jousse 45 6 FRA Nathanaël Berthon 44 7 FRA Bastien Borget 39 8 FRA Benjamin Lariche 31 9 FRA Mathieu Arzeno 23 10 FRA Nicolas Marroc 20 11 FRA Max Lefèvre 15 12 FRA David Zollinger 13 13 FRA Jean-Michel Ogier 13 14 FRA Didier Colombat 11 15 FRA Jean-Marc Menahem 5 16 FRA Sylvain Milesi 2 17 FRA Gérard Tonelli 0 Rookies championship PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne 177 2 FRA Tristan Vautier 154 3 USA Jake Rosenzweig 104 4 ESP Miki Monrás 80 5 FRA Julien Abelli 73 6 DOM Richard Campollo 61 7 FRA Antony Tardieu 52 8 FRA Nathanaël Berthon 52 9 FRA Maxime Jousse 43 10 BRA Gabriel Dias 41 11 AUS Ashley Walsh 37 12 UAE Ramez Azzam 36 13 GBR Daniel McKenzie 35 14 ESP Miguel Otegui 27 15 GBR Luciano Bacheta 19 16 FRA Max Lefèvre 8 Challenger Cup PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Max Lefèvre 150 2 FRA Didier Colombat 134 3 FRA Jean-Michel Ogier 131 4 FRA David Zollinger 98 5 FRA Jean-Marc Menahem 66 6 FRA Gérard Tonelli 20 References Renault Category:Formula Renault seasons Renault 2.0 West European Cup